Proverbs 21:6
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He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death.

getting

Proverbs 10:2 The Lord will not afflict the soul of the just with famine, and he will disappoint the deceitful practices of the wicked.

Proverbs 13:11 Substance got in haste shall be diminished: but that which by little and little is gathered with the hand, shall increase.

Proverbs 20:14,21 It is naught, it is naught, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast. . . .

Proverbs 22:8 He that soweth iniquity, shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed.

Proverbs 30:8 Remove far from me vanity, and lying words. Give me neither beggary, nor riches: give me only the necessaries of life:

Jeremiah 17:11 As the partridge hath hatched eggs which she did not lay: so is he that hath gathered riches, and not by right: in the midst of his days he shall leave them, and in his latter end he shall be a fool.

1 Timothy 6:9,10 For they that will become rich fall into temptation and into the snare of the devil and into many unprofitable and hurtful desires, which drown men into destruction and perdition. . . .

Titus 1:11 Who must be reproved, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

2 Peter 2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you. Whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not: and their perdition slumbereth not.

seek

Proverbs 8:36 Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars.

Ezekiel 18:31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, by which you have transgressed, and make to yourselves a new heart, and a new spirit: and why will you die, O house of Israel?

Context
The King's Heart
5The thoughts of the industrious always bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want. 6He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death.7The robberies of the wicked shall be their downfall, because they would not do judgment.…
Cross References
Proverbs 8:36
Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars.

Proverbs 10:2
The Lord will not afflict the soul of the just with famine, and he will disappoint the deceitful practices of the wicked.

Proverbs 13:11
Substance got in haste shall be diminished: but that which by little and little is gathered with the hand, shall increase.

Proverbs 20:21
The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.

Lexicon
Making
פֹּ֣עַל (pō·‘al)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6467: Doing, deed, work

a fortune
א֭וֹצָרוֹת (’ō·w·ṣā·rō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 214: Treasure, store, a treasury, storehouse

by a lying
שָׁ֑קֶר (šā·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8267: Deception, disappointment, falsehood

tongue
בִּלְשׁ֣וֹן (bil·šō·wn)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3956: The tongue

is a vanishing
נִ֝דָּ֗ף (nid·dāp̄)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5086: To shove asunder, disperse

mist,
הֶ֥בֶל (he·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

a deadly
מָֽוֶת׃ (mā·weṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

pursuit.
מְבַקְשֵׁי־ (mə·ḇaq·šê-)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1245: To search out, to strive after


Additional Translations
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.

He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue pursues vanity on to the snares of death.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapour driven to and fro; they that seek them seek death.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro by them that seek death.

Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

The making of treasures by a lying tongue, Is a vanity driven away of those seeking death.
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